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Snow in NY!

10 years ago

I'm in Westchester County, about 40 minutes from NYC. Snow on the cars this morning and frost on the grass.
How's your (crazy) weather?

This post was edited by ellendi on Wed, Apr 16, 14 at 10:49

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alisande
10 years ago
Snow here in PA too. A couple of inches still on the ground. Yesterday it rained hard; then we had sleet, and then the snow. Good day to use up the last of the firewood.
anne_ct
10 years ago
About two inches north of you in Litchfield County, CT. This is revolting! But not such a rarity. :-) It's happened here later than April but I'm hoping this is the last of it. I've had it! LOL

Anne
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The wedges I was referring to were the oasis wedges- they're quite expensive as opposed to getting the cheap stuff at a craft store & cutting it up. Support- in an ADS show there can be no support above the rim of the container- obviously, the fair in your picts. doesn't have that rule. I think if this were the NW WA fair the judges wouldn't like the supports up there showing like that- & if you can have them that high-- how high up can they go? I'd see if I could find out-- the head of the floral dept. could probably help you out there. Do's & don'ts-- some of the entries have way too many leaves to be attractive. In an ADS show one set of leaves is required but if it's a large bloom (AA or A) then sometimes 2 sets will look better. Too much clutter takes away from the look of the entry- as if they're trying to hide something. Stems in proportion the the size of blooms makes a better display, too- so the smaller the bloom the less stem needed to make it look good, but a large bloom sitting with it's neck on the rim of the pot looks uncomfortable & cramped. Nice straight stems are more attractive than crooked ones & will probably net you more points in the judging. When entering triples-- have them all looking in the same direction with one taller one in back & the two shorter ones in front the same height-- or two of the same height in back & one shorter in front-- the main thing is to have them all looking at the judge. Be sure your blooms are hardened off & in top condition -- they'll last longer & look better than the competition. Cut them the day before & put them in floralife in a dark, cool place for a few hours to drink before staging them in the containers. Cut either in the early a.m. before the sun hits them or late in the evening after they've gone to sleep. We're usually out there at 6am the day before a show, cutting & putting in buckets to harden off. Floralife in the water really helps, too. We usually don't have to replace any of our fair entries the whole week since they're in water with floralife- not foam - & can drink freely. Some people's entries have to be replaced by Tuesday- 2 days into the fair. When we first started entering in the NW WA fair there weren't too many dedicated dahlia growers entering -- more garden clubbers-- & since we followed ADS rules, we always won everything because the blooms were displayed to their best advantage & anything that I didn't think deserved a first, didn't get to go to the fair. So if it doesn't look good at home, it's not going to look good at the fair & why bother going to all the trouble of taking something that's less than the best- it's a lot of work! If your wife says your flowers look better than these, they probably do-- just say, "Yes, dear" & proceed to enter & knock their sox off!! Fairs are a good place to start because they don't have as hard & fast rules as ADS shows & you can get your feet wet there & then you're ready for the big time-- there's nothing like entering an ADS show & getting your first blues against all the hard-core dahlia growers!
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LOL booberry85. April snow indeed. Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure. Hmmm, I wonder if the clematis will like the snow? Bearded Iris have stalks and not just in this bed but in all the beds. Daylilies are mostly covered with snow too. The lilac bush is in bloom if you can believe that but now a lump of bent over branches. Oranmental cherry trees are in full bloom but we shall see how they "dry" out after this. The huge pussy willow tree had its branches all the way to the ground this morning since the snow was so heavy. I'm so stressed right now. I think I'll put my energies into other things so I can take my mind off of the mess this weather has brought us.
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Tracy - just pull your canna rizomes - they will be fine. I have always waited till the first frost kill my cannas and dahlias- it's good, as they put everything to the roots. There is a french canadian song that I love....:mon pays, c'est n'pas en pays, c'est l'hiver. mon jardin, c'est n'est pas un jardin, c'est le neige..... My country is not a country, it is winter. My garden is not a garden, it is the snow. Pardon me, I have probably screwed the french up big-time. Then again, it became a separatist athem, which it too bad, as well. such a pretty song. Cheers, Nancy.
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Just reading that Trachys handle cold wet better than a lot of the other cold tolerant (but arid loving)palms. The storm track this year has meant very, very little snow for the Mid-Atlantic. All the record snows have been in the Mid-West and upper North East. Rainfall has been very heavy and we're expecting another round of flooding this Saturday. After fronts pass, it's been cold, sunny and dry. I did protect with them somewhat. I wrapped a sheer insulating cloth (from nursery) and then another blanket around that, but I only covered the trunk (not leaves). I will do this at least for a couple more winters before it is really established. I also have wagnerianus and did nothing for them and they look good. On the negative side, I did loose a Mediterranean fan (perhaps due to flooding conditions combined with subsequent freezes).
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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
10 years ago
Ha, that's nothin ', lol. We had heavy sleet and snow spurts in Northern Alabama yesterday morning! That's right....ALABAMA.

Last night it was even colder, but no precipitation, thank goodness.
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
10 years ago
Edited to remove duplicate post. AGAIN.

This post was edited by rhizo_1 on Wed, Apr 16, 14 at 9:56
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
10 years ago
Good grief...I don't know how this happened!

This post was edited by rhizo_1 on Wed, Apr 16, 14 at 9:54
joaniepoanie
10 years ago
Some snow in Maryland and plummeting temps.......at this rate I won't be surprised if we get a foot of snow July 4th!
phyllis__mn
10 years ago
We are getting a smattering of snow; it seems to be south of us before swinging north to hit Duluth again! It is cold at 24ÃÂº, and the robins are wondering why they are here!
sjerin
10 years ago
My dh is in Allentown for a couple of days and sent pics of the snow coming down. How depressing it must be for you East-Coasters to still have cold temps and snow! But then, spring will be that much sweeter.
gadgets
10 years ago
We got our dose of the crazy weather yesterday here in Ohio. I'm glad to see the sun out today.

Shirley
lisa_fla
10 years ago
No snow-temps are nice, but we had a storm yesterday with lots of wind, lightning, and sideways sheets or rain.
Rudebekia
10 years ago
Light snow here and freezing temps in St. Paul. What else is new?
duluthinbloomz4
10 years ago
It's snowing, and picking up steam here in Duluth. It's 250 but feels raw, damp, and much colder. Made a quick errand dash downtown a little earlier when it was still just kind of rainy grainy. It's definitely snow now.

I'm a bit weary of it - to say the least!
marie_ndcal
10 years ago
Minot ND--Snow, 27 above about 3 inches and still coming. No wind yet.
bengardening
10 years ago
Here in SD we had about an inch of snow this morning. Now it is almost all melted. It was really pretty coming down. Really nice big flakes.
patty2430
10 years ago
Ugh....I feel for everyone who has reported in. About 6" here in North Central MN, but at 7:50 p.m. I am seeing broken clouds and pink sky to the west. It's just good moisture for the ground, right?......right?
dedtired
10 years ago
No snow, thank goodness, but we had buckets of rain yesterday, then a chilly windy day today. I walked to the library and was wishing I'd gotten out my warmer coat. All the magnolias trees has blossomed and they were nipped over night. I feel like we've taken two steps back, weather wise.
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
10 years ago
What kind of a joke is this? The last 5 months have been beyond strange.

We had mid-20s in central Illinois the past two nights! Disgusting.

Jim
jannie
10 years ago
I'm in Long Island. We had snow on the grass, but sidewalks and streets were dry. My car was coated with ice, had to clean it off which took a long time. Good thing my ice scraper was handy! This taught me a lesson, My County Extension Service had told me April 15 was the last frost date around here. Yet I woke up on April 16 to 31 degrees, snow and ice.
jel48
10 years ago
Looks like we have a few inches of new snow out there (haven't been out myself yet today). It was slow to start overnight but gathered strength this morning. We were forecast to have 10-12 inches. I'm on the Keweenaw peninsula at the tip top of the Michigan UP.

My friend, midway between Duluth and St. Paul, MN, said they had 16 inches overnight and new 4 foot drifts! Yuck!

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